updated; updating; updates
: to bring up to date
1
: an act or instance of updating
2
: current information for updating something
3
: an up-to-date version, account, or report
Examples of update in a Sentence
Verb
I need to update my address book.
update all the population figures
She wants to update her wardrobe.
Noun
I haven't heard the latest weather update.
You can download updates for free.
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Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Weekly updates from the more specific FluView have stopped, as have summary reports from RESP-NET that tracks hospitalizations for Covid-19, flu and RSV from a network of hospitals across the country.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
The update also adds smoother page adjustments and a thumbnail carousel to easily reorder or delete pages before saving.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Verb
This article is being continuously updated.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Weekly updates from the more specific FluView have stopped, as have summary reports from RESP-NET that tracks hospitalizations for Covid-19, flu and RSV from a network of hospitals across the country.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
YouTube also shares updates on ongoing outages on its Team YouTube X page.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
The update also adds smoother page adjustments and a thumbnail carousel to easily reorder or delete pages before saving.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Update.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/update. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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